Example sentences of "[noun] came [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reply came in a few minutes ago listing ten different countries with which he does business . ’ |
| 2 | The technician 's reply came after a brief moment of hesitation . |
| 3 | In the United States government support for organised labour came at a later date than in Europe ( only in the mid-1930s ) , and even then it still remained open to employers to try to persuade their own workers ( short of using overt coercion ) not to vote for union bargaining rights ( i.e. they still maintained ‘ an ethical mandate to continue with their belligerent behaviour towards unions ’ ( Adams , 1981 , p. 287 ) ) . |
| 4 | When Therese came on the entire evening lifted into top gear . |
| 5 | But aid came from an unlikely quarter . |
| 6 | The main thrust for use of videos as an aid came from the three Welsh areas — just under three-quarters seeing it as an aid that could improve training . |
| 7 | Thus Barbarossa came from a noble family , with a background that suited him to his eventual imperial career . |
| 8 | The allegation came on the third day of an insurance fraud trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court . |
| 9 | Calls for an inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) of the Yongbyon nuclear power complex came after the alleged discovery by United States monitoring services , reported in the Washington Post in August 1989 , of an apparent new reprocessing facility , capable of producing enough plutonium to manufacture one atomic bomb per year . |
| 10 | But the big break came in the early '60s , when Moseley met Nokie Edwards of top guitar instrumental group The Ventures . |
| 11 | The Bush broadside came on the last day of the Republicans ' convention in Houston , Texas . |
| 12 | It 's funny er when Richard came in the other day and said he 'd been he 'd been to the dentist and you said oh well they have n't been in touch with us yet . |
| 13 | Books came from the central library in Salisbury by the train load . |
| 14 | The softly spoken command came from the third man , who had remained silent until now . |
| 15 | At their first major encounter , Emperor Yazdegird came off the better . |
| 16 | But anthropologists proved his theory was wrong ; the islanders came from the western Pacific . |
| 17 | Production rose with population , too : between 1880 and 1912 4 million more acres came under the main food crops . |
| 18 | Before it struck home the chapter came to a hasty conclusion . |
| 19 | Consequently , once the northern campaign was resumed , on 20 April , the task of political reorganization came to a temporary halt . |
| 20 | Recognition came with a sudden warm and brilliant smile out of his preoccupied frenzy . |
| 21 | Part of the confusion came from the unworthy pleasure given him by the prospect of holding onto his ward a little longer . |
| 22 | Left : This ornate boudoir couch came from a stately home |
| 23 | A chill wind came through the open doors to the balcony . |
| 24 | The biggest Nazi vote came from the rural districts , and the lowest came from urban areas , where the SPD , KPD and DNVP were still firmly based . |
| 25 | Speech data came from a previous ESRC funded project ( Language use in British Black Community ) . |
| 26 | The cities in Ancona came under the imperial governor . |
| 27 | The doors stayed open but no murmur came from the other room . |
| 28 | The upkeep of such a house would require a substantial income , she thought to herself ; she remembered that Veronica came from a wealthy family . |
| 29 | This time the interruption came from an unexpected source , as Lesley-Jane Decker leapt to the defence of her idol . |
| 30 | I removed the offending items , and before it had really begun Barny 's training programme came to a permanent halt . |